Cyanobacterial pigment production in wastewaters treated for heavy metal removal: Current status and perspectives

B Thevarajah, GKSH Nishshanka, M Premaratne… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyanobacterial pigments have an evolving market demand as natural colorants with
numerous health benefits and diversified applications. Nevertheless, scaling up …

Removal of Hg (II) in aqueous solutions through physical and chemical adsorption principles

M Xia, Z Chen, Y Li, C Li, NM Ahmad, WA Cheema… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Adsorption has been the focus of research on the treatment of heavy metal mercury pollution
since it is among the most toxic heavy metals in existence. The US EPA has set a mandatory …

Superselective Hg (II) removal from water using a thiol-laced MOF-based sponge monolith: performance and mechanism

K Fu, X Liu, C Lv, J Luo, M Sun, S Luo… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Point-of-use (POU) devices with satisfying mercury (Hg) removal performance are urgently
needed for public health and yet are scarcely reported. In this study, a thiol-laced metal …

Soft and hard templates assisted synthesis mesoporous CuO/g-C3N4 heterostructures for highly enhanced and accelerated Hg (II) photoreduction under visible light

MW Kadi, RM Mohamed, AA Ismail… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, triblock copolymer surfactant (F127) and mesoporous silica (MCM-41) as soft and
hard templates were employed to synthesize of mesoporous CuO/gC 3 N 4 heterostructures …

Preparation, characterization and application of activated carbon from corn cob by KOH activation for removal of Hg (II) from aqueous solution

Z Liu, Y Sun, X Xu, X Meng, J Qu, Z Wang, C Liu… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, activated carbon was prepared from corn cob. Corn cob by potassium
hydroxide activation. SEM, BET, Raman, FTIR and XPS analysis methods were used to …

Kinetics, isotherm and chemical speciation analysis of Hg (Ⅱ) adsorption over oxygen-containing MXene adsorbent

X Hu, C Chen, D Zhang, Y Xue - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A facile method was used to prepare two-dimensional MXene for the treatment of heavy
metal ions in wastewater. The adsorbent has good selectivity for the adsorption of Hg (Ⅱ) in …

Effective removal of heavy metals from water using porous lignin-based adsorbents

X Wang, X Li, L Peng, S Han, C Hao, C Jiang, H Wang… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Multifunctional composite materials are the key to improving removal capacity and
environmental utility. Here, the adsorbent (SLCA) was obtained by free-radical …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the adsorption potential of Na2SiO3-activated porous carbon materials from waste bamboo biomass for ciprofloxacin rapid removal in wastewater

Y Guo, Q Wang - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Effective utilization of biomass waste has become a key focus in achieving a sustainable
future, considering the substantial amount of waste generated globally. This study …

Sulphur functionalized materials for Hg (II) adsorption: A review

T Velempini, K Pillay - Journal of environmental Chemical engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is a scarce commodity and access to safe drinking water is a challenge due to
increased release of inadequately treated effluent containing toxic heavy metals into the …

Mesoporous V2O5/gC3N4 Nanocomposites for Promoted Mercury (II) Ions Reduction Under Visible Light

A Shawky, SM Albukhari, MS Amin, ZI Zaki - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2021 - Springer
The present study addresses a successful attempt to promote the photocatalytic reduction of
mercury ions (Hg 2+) over the synthesized V 2 O 5/gC 3 N 4 by MCM-41 and F-127 …